Finding a Niche as a Designer Isn’t Just an Overused Cliché

Here’s a scenario for you. Post-COVID, you’re out with your friends, and you’re getting hungry. The members of your group start suggesting places where you can go and grab some dinner. There are a lot of eclectic suggestions being thrown about – Chinese, Mexican, Thai, Greek – and none of you is sur..

Where do we go when we grow?

Leading with craft: A series about hands-on career paths in the design industry. Where do we go when we grow? was originally published in UX Collective on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

5 academic research papers every designer should read

Source: Kasia Bojanowska on DribbbleProduct design is now a mainstay in the working vocabularies of companies worldwide. We’d go so far as saying that it (product designs) may now be entering the portion of its lifespan where strategic maturity and academic thought are now taking up the centre stage..

Why insurance apps are not stress-resistant?

Have you ever been in a situation where you had to perform a task, but because of stress, you couldn’t succeed? Or maybe when you were in a meeting and had to search for something while being watched by dozens of people? Why is this happening to us?Photo by Lily Banse on UnsplashRecently I read a st..

How does Virtual Reality affect our society, emotionally and ethically?

The risk of users suffering psychological trauma will steadily increase as VR advances. Continue reading on UX Collective »

The 20 Best Lightroom Presets for Adding Instagram Effects to Your Shots in 2021

Every photo has a unique atmosphere. From the composition to the idea behind the shoot, every photo has the potential to become a masterpiece. But if you want to showcase a specific atmosphere, or distinguish yourself from other photographers with a signature style, you’re going to need a few tricks..

When designing with constraints, get your priorities straight

Photo by Nathan Anderson on UnsplashMy favorite thing about UX design is that it’s not some open-ended creative exercise performed in a vacuum. It’s a mechanical dance: the synchronized push-pull tension of time, constraints, budget, technical limits, and opportunities. A lot of what we study in des..

Fixing user personas

User personas can be problematic. Is there a way to turn them into a useful resource?User personas are controversial. They’re built with great intentions, and then break down. People aren’t sure how to create them. They sit in drawers and hang on the wall, forgotten or ignored. But personas can be v..

Measuring design quality with heuristics

Photo by William Warby on UnsplashHow do we measure design quality? This question has been asked at every company where I’ve led design, and it comes not only from designers but from stakeholders and executives as well. Solutions range from “we’ll know it when we see it”, to principle-based evaluati..

The one design skill to unlock them all

Self-awareness will help you hire and nurture a design team that’s curious, flexible, and authentic Continue reading on UX Collective »